Nelson D. Johnson

Nelson Johnson's practice includes litigation, administrative hearings, regulatory counseling, land use, and transactional matters, with special focus on complex questions about the regulation of hazardous waste and the use of scientific information in law.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Johnson worked as both in-house and outside counsel representing major manufacturers of industrial products and specialty chemicals in environmental, Food and Drug Administration, and Drug Enforcement Administration matters. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise in the District of New Jersey.

Before studying law, Mr. Johnson obtained his PhD and Bachelor of Science with honors in molecular biology from the California Institute of Technology. He also worked as a post-doctoral associate at Stanford University, and as a research assistant professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Focus Areas

Experience

Development Projects

Hazardous Waste & Site Cleanups

Transactions

National Grid as environmental counsel in repowering and siting hearings for its Long Island electric generating stations under Article 10 of the New York State Public Service Law, and as counsel in Clean Water Act permit proceedings for its Long Island generating stations.

Environmental counsel for construction of the new Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the principal north-south thoroughfare along western Long Island.

Environmental counsel for a new 600-home community in New York state, including land use litigation and environmental impact proceedings.

Silverstein Properties as environmental counsel for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in New York.

Fortune 100 manufacturing company as lead hazardous waste attorney for US and international operations, providing regulatory advice for hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, RCRA corrective action and facility hazardous waste operations, as well as enforcement defense and CERCLA cleanup advice.

Lead environmental attorney for more than fifty hazardous site cleanups and related litigation, including state and federal superfund sites, RCRA corrective action sites, chemical manufacturing facilities, residential developments, and sites with contaminated sediments.

Lead environmental attorney for transaction due diligence and contract negotiation for more than 100 actual and potential transactions, including chemical manufacturing facilities, gas-fired and hydroelectric generating stations, office buildings, and greenfield sites.

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